Agree with Ky 2005, since my bb is now taken care by my parents in law, she is too pampered by all of us. THerefore, for her, to start Nursery perhaps is good to her in order to be more indepentent.
9) 幼兒園收生一般係以"先到先得"方式, 話要"interview" 都係傾吓偈而已, 有d家長會響小朋友 only a few months 就去報, 此舉主要係因為其中一團體 (救世軍) 係肯響 BB 有出世紙就收報名表大家才有錯覺話要好早報名, 其實好多 other groups (e.g. 基督教服務處, 浸信會) 都係 18 months 起先收表既....之後亦係"先到先得", 佢地收夠就唔收....有人走就又會 call waitlist 緊個 d 嚟讀
10) 救世軍出名既係以 Montessori (檬特利梳) 教學方式, 而另一有名 group 基督教服務處就係以"瑞吉歐" (唔記得英文點串喇...
), 兩種教學方法都係由d出名教育人士提出, 方法分別唔太大, 主要係以 Project based approach 去教小朋友, 訓練佢地去求知, 唔係坐響樹等 feeding 個停, Montessori 會較 knowledge based, 而瑞吉歐就較傾向啟發小朋友既創意 (which is something that you will lose as you grow older)...方向上有d唔同, 但理念都係一樣....睇你想要乜....用d "街坊"d字眼, Montessori 會較學術d, 小朋友會"識多d野", 而瑞吉歐就較 free flow, 即係響有d人眼中玩為多, 學野較少 (其實都唔係話少, 不過係由得小朋友自發咁去思考喇....so 有d家長會認為太 "free", 即係="淺")
11) So if 大家唔係打算去考救世軍轄下個d 幼兒園, then 可以唔駛咁快諗住喇...又或, 可以就當先填張 form 去排住隊, 佢地都唔會依家就 call 你 interview 既 (放心), 都係等到 BB 18 months after 先會揾你....到時你地再決定俾唔俾小朋友去都未遲既
12) 再者, both 幼兒園 (N1-N4) 同幼稚園 (K1-K3) 都係之後考小學, 大家都冇分別...不過因為 most 小學 in HK 都係"傳統教學"為主, so 有d家長亦會認為 if 小朋友讀足四年幼兒園 (因我上面講過, 幼兒園係較"淺"), 怕佢地上到小學會跟唔上, so 就會考慮先讀一年 N1, then 就轉 K1-K3, 但其實轉唔轉都好睇家長對小朋友既期望同間學校是否令你滿意喇....凡事都不能一概而論既, so 我講既係 general trend only.....